Phoenix Solar Noon (3TV/CBS 5). In other words, the daylight portion of the day is shifting a little bit later. Therefore, both sunset AND sunrise times become later by the first day of winter.

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Despite these numbers, our latest sunrise and earliest sunset do not arrive on the winter solstice. Our latest sunrise is 8:01 a.m., which occurs every day from Dec. 30 through Jan. 7.

It might surprise you to learn the earliest sunset of the year is not on Dec. 21, the winter solstice and the “shortest” day of the year.

Early Saturday morning, the occurrence of the 2024 winter solstice marked the astronomical start of winter, and it's been greeted with appropriately frigid temperatures.